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Connecting the Disconnect, Homeless Voices

Stories from the Central Oregon Homeless Population
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

Last week, the Homeless Leadership Coalition (HLC) held a Point-In-Time Count throughout Oregon to survey those who are homeless. A complex issue, the definition of homelessness encompasses those who have no permanent housing, whether sheltered or unsheltered—sleeping on streets, living out of cars, motels and campsites. The annual effort is twofold: to gather data to […]

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ARTWATCH: No End to the Innocence

Cover artist Megan Myers’ artistic process
Howard Leff

Bear. Child. Fire. Warmth. Nature. And all of it, snugly wrapped in a comfortable canopy of innocence. Local artist Megan Myers, who painted (yes, painted) this week’s Source cover, passionately described the central themes of her work on a cloudy winter day in Bend, where the color of the sky perfectly matches the one in […]

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My Money Valentine

How to have a fun Valentine’s Day on the cheap
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

It can be hard to know exactly how far to go or how much money to spend on Valentine’s Day. Maybe you really like each other but promised to keep it casual. Maybe V-Day this year lands right in between paychecks, so you don’t quite have the money to go huge. This week we’re taking […]

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Fight Club

Shaolin Warriors: They Know Kung-Fu
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

In an increasingly modern world where flying robots deliver mail and everyone carries a tiny miraculous pocket computer, it can be easy to forget that there are still sacred mountains in the heart of China where people dedicate their lives to principled meditation and martial arts. The closest many of us have ever been to […]

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When Craft Expands East

Taking a look at Deschutes’ future neighbors
Kevin Gifford

It’s been nearly a year since Deschutes Brewery announced plans to break ground on a second beer production facility in Roanoke, Virginia by 2019. With Black Butte, Sage Fight and the rest of the gang now available statewide, the locals are certainly excited for it. Around 22,000 people attended the company’s rolling outdoor Street Pub […]

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Brace & Roll

Tumalo Creek’s winter offerings can help kayakers prep for the raging rivers ahead
Avatar photo K.M. Collins

It all started last summer when my father proposed we paddle across the Columbia River at its leanest constriction, between Rowena and Lyle, to the mouth of the Klickitat River. He was in a kayak and I on a paddleboard. During the crossing the waves were manageable, even when considering what little cumulative experience in […]

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Timeless

20th Century women is a small wonder
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Dorothea Fields is a specific and contradictory type of free spirit. Played by Annette Bening, Fields has a shrewd smile and an open heart, viewing the world as a giant ball of mystery. Her 15-year old son, Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann), is in love with his best friend, the 17-year old Julie (Elle Fanning), who […]

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Vape Fans Never Had It So Good

A look back at the O.G. predecessor to the vaporizer craze
Josh Jardine

The other night I was puffing on one of my vaporizers and working on a piece on the history of vaporization. The stories go back millennia, to the Middle East and a nomadic tribe known as Scythians: fierce tattooed warriors often credited for expanding the use of cannabis throughout Russia, Europe, Central Asia and the […]

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Space Ace

Rock legend Ace Frehley set to shred the Tower
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

The first time I saw KISS on TV they scared the hell out of me—which might have been the point. They were sort of the boogeyman to me for many years and, even though the personas of The Starchild (Paul Stanley), The Demon (Gene Simmons), Space Ace (Ace Frehley) and The Catman (Peter Criss) aren’t […]

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